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Red Fever (Opening Night Film)

Red Fever follows Cree co-director Neil Diamond on his journey to find out why the world is so fascinated with the stereotypical imagery of Native people that is all over pop culture.

Opening Night festivities begin at 6PM with a catered pre-show reception downstairs in Showplace’s Cogeco Studio.  At 7PM on the main stage ReFrame and celebrated artist Alice Olsen Williams will officially open the 2025 festival. Following the screening of Red Fever, director Catherine Bainbridge and producer Ernest Webb, co-founders of Rezolution Pictures, will join audiences for a livestreamed Q&A. The evening will end with live musical performances by Missy Knott (Singing Wild Rice Girl) and James Mixemong. 

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Red Fever is a witty and entertaining feature documentary about the profound — yet hidden — Indigenous influence on Western culture and identity. The film follows Cree co-director Neil Diamond as he asks, “Why do they love us so much?!” and sets out on a journey to find out why the world is so fascinated with the stereotypical imagery of Native people that is so prevalent in popular culture.

Why have Indigenous cultures been revered, romanticized, and appropriated for so long, and to this day? Red Fever uncovers the surprising truths behind the imagery — so buried in history that even most Native people don’t know about them.

Opening Night is a separately ticketed event not included with an In-person, Hybrid or Virtual Pass.

About the Filmmaker

Neil Diamond is from the Cree community, Waskaganish, on the coast of James Bay. Neil directed the award-winning feature documentary, Reel Injun, as well as One More River, Cree Spoken Here, and Heavy Metal: A Mining Disaster in Northern Quebec with Rezolution Pictures. His credits also include Inuit Cree Reconciliation, The Last Explorer and Dab Iyiyuu. He is an award winning photographer and co-founder of The Nation, the first news magazine to serve the Cree of Northern Quebec and Ontario.

Catherine Bainbridge is the co-founder, executive producer, and VP of business and creative development at Rezolution Pictures. She directed the Emmynominated, Sundance and CSA awardwinning feature doc, RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked the World, and co-directed the Peabody and CSA award-winning feature doc, Reel Injun. Catherine is also an executive producer on a Crave Original series, Little Bird. Through her work at Rezolution, Catherine has been instrumental in changing the narrative when it comes to diversity and representation in the entertainment industry

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